January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation
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away from Lennox - I like him very much. Some may argue that Lennox fought and<br />
old Holyfield and an old Tyson. |<br />
|6/26/02 09:29:53 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|John, if I<br />
remember correctly, <strong>Jerry</strong> signed to fight Bonevena about the time of the Shavers<br />
fight in 1973 but Bonevena got hurt and the fight never came off. Shavers had<br />
been injured also and their fight was postponed until the end of 73, when it<br />
actually took place. <strong>The</strong> Bonevena fight was supposed to replace the Shavers<br />
fight or be a tune up for the Shavers fight. What a tune up to look forward to!<br />
I don't think Bonevena was ever an easy fight for anyone. I would have loved to<br />
see Foreman fight Bonevena as Bonevena was not afraid of anyone. I think<br />
Foreman would have won but it would have been wild while it lasted. |<br />
|6/27/02 01:31:58 PM|John Gerard|NYC||rock289z@yahoo.com||||10|Here is my<br />
honest, unbiased assessment of Oscar Bonavena vs. <strong>Jerry</strong> <strong>Quarry</strong>. My guess: <strong>Jerry</strong><br />
by decision.Size: EvenSpeed: Edge to <strong>Jerry</strong>Boxing skills: Edge to<br />
<strong>Jerry</strong>Power: Slight edge to Oscar (his right knocked Frazier down<br />
twice)Stamina: EvenHeart: EvenDurability: Slight edge to Oscar - he<br />
did not cut and could really take a punch to the jaw (as could <strong>Jerry</strong>)Common<br />
opponents: Ali, Frazier, Ellis, defeated both of them.Bonavena beat Chuvalo,<br />
who Ko'd <strong>Jerry</strong>. <strong>Jerry</strong> beat Patterson and Lyle both of whom beat Oscar via<br />
decisionAdditional: both men were trained briefly by Gil Clancy.|<br />
|6/27/02 03:20:39 PM|Steve|N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|I pick Ali to knockout<br />
Lewis in 12 rounds.I thought Lewis's performance again Tyson was much ado about<br />
nothing.It never ceases to amaze me how easily even knowledgeable fight<br />
fans,even the guys on this site,can have thier judgement swayed by the<br />
prometer's hype!Tyson hadn't beaten a decent apponent in many years.Lewis is<br />
getting rave reviews for beating up a shell of the old Mike Tyson.Lewis looked<br />
clumsy,he missed all of his uppercuts,was hesitant with his right hand against a<br />
guy with no upper body movement who either stood still,or leaped in with one<br />
punch. Joe Louis over Larry Holmes by decision.Either Joe Louis wasn't as hard<br />
punching and fast-of-hand as he looked in old fight films,or Larry Holmes was a<br />
much better fighter than the one I remember losing his title to a<br />
lightheavywieght,Michael Spinks.|<br />
|6/27/02 09:26:01 PM|Kent|La Habra, California||oriononside@aol.com||||10|John,<br />
I agree with you assement of a <strong>Quarry</strong>/Bonevena fight. <strong>Jerry</strong> would have probably<br />
outpointed Bonevena but it would not have been easy.|<br />
|6/28/02 05:59:57 PM|EVREN|LONDON||@||||10|<strong>The</strong> votes at the moment - 4 - 1 for<br />
Ali over Lennox. <strong>The</strong> Louis-Holmes bout is on 2 - 2 - we need some deciding<br />
votes. <strong>The</strong> round will end by the end of Sunday.|<br />
|6/29/02 03:25:23 AM|Mark Sargeant|London||lpu00mts@reading.ac.uk||||10|I am<br />
sure that Earnie Shavers' autobiography, 'Welocome to the Big Times' is out in<br />
the United States, but does anyone know when it is being published in the UK?<br />
I'm sure a decent sports bookshop will have it but I've heard a rumour that you<br />
may have to order.I'm sure it would be a great read, considering the<br />
desperate beginning to Shavers' life, his very hard-hitting exploits, and his<br />
ability to talk honestly about the 'golden era' of the period. Wars with Ali,<br />
Holmes, Norton, <strong>Quarry</strong>, Lyle, Ellis, Young and Bugner should make for a great<br />
book. As well an interesting fact, particularly for the UK readers, do you know<br />
that as well as spending time as Don King's chauffeur, Earnie has a house in<br />
Liverpool where he lives for six months of the year with his English wife? Not<br />
only that but he as also worked as a 'greeter' for some of the city's more<br />
fashionable clubs! I imagine he doesn't have too many problems!|<br />
|6/29/02 12:34:16 PM|Paul Drolet|Montreal||drolpaul@aol.com||||10|Mark: you'll<br />
have to order the Shavers book on-line through Amazon.com or you may be able to<br />
order it through www.sportspublishinginc.com. Sports Publishing Inc. are the<br />
same people who published the Norton book a few years back. |<br />
|6/29/02 12:39:35 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||oriononside@aol.com||||10|I think the<br />
Shavers book is the one where James contributed to the section about Shavers'
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